9-letter words containing a, s
- cash desk — A cash desk is a place in a large shop where you pay for the things you want to buy.
- cash flow — The cash flow of a firm or business is the movement of money into and out of it.
- cash plan — A cash plan is money paid towards the insured’s optical or dental costs, and also admission to a hospital.
- cash sale — a transaction that specifies that securities must be delivered to the buyer on the day that the purchase is made
- cash-book — a journal in which all cash or cheque receipts and disbursements are recorded
- cashbooks — Plural form of cashbook.
- cashed up — having plenty of money
- cashiered — to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.
- cashierer — a person who rejects or dismisses from office
- cashpoint — A cashpoint is the same as a cash dispenser.
- caskstand — a frame on which a cask rests
- cassander — c354-297 b.c, king of Macedonia 301-297 (son of Antipater).
- cassandra — a daughter of Priam and Hecuba, endowed with the gift of prophecy but fated never to be believed
- cassareep — the juice of the bitter cassava root, boiled down to a syrup and used as a flavouring, esp in West Indian cookery
- cassation — (esp in France) annulment, as of a judicial decision by a higher court
- casserole — A casserole is a dish made of meat and vegetables that have been cooked slowly in a liquid.
- cassettes — Plural form of cassette.
- cassimere — a woollen suiting cloth of plain or twill weave
- cassingle — a cassette single
- cassonade — raw or unrefined sugar
- cassoulet — a stew originating from France, made from haricot beans and goose, duck, pork, etc
- cassowary — any large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius, inhabiting forests in NE Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, having a horny head crest, black plumage, and brightly coloured neck and wattles: order Casuariiformes
- cast away — to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
- cast back — to turn (the mind) to the past
- cast down — If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- cast iron — Cast iron is iron which contains a small amount of carbon. It is hard and cannot be bent so it has to be made into objects by casting.
- cast-iron — made of cast iron.
- castaneda — Carlos, 1925–1998, U.S. anthropologist and writer, born in Peru.
- castanets — Castanets are a Spanish musical instrument consisting of two small round pieces of wood or plastic held together by a cord. You hold the castanets in your hand and knock the pieces together with your fingers.
- castaways — Plural form of castaway.
- casteless — having no caste
- castellan — a keeper or governor of a castle
- castellón — seaport in E Spain, on the Mediterranean: pop. 133,000
- castellum — a small fort, normally used as a watch tower
- castering — a person or thing that casts.
- castigate — If you castigate someone or something, you speak to them angrily or criticize them severely.
- castilian — the Spanish dialect of Castile; the standard form of European Spanish
- castlebar — the county town of Co Mayo, Republic of Ireland; site of the battle (1798) between the French and British known as Castlebar Races. Pop: 11 371 (2002)
- castoreum — the oil secreted from the beaver which is used as bait by trappers
- castrated — to remove the testes of; emasculate; geld.
- castrater — a person who castrates
- castrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of castrate.
- castrator — One who castrates (gelds or neuters).
- castroism — the philosophy and policies of Fidel Castro and his followers
- castroist — of or relating to the philosophy and policies of Fidel Castro and his followers
- casualise — make (a regular employee) into a casual worker
- casualism — the doctrine that the existence and occurrence of everything is controlled by chance
- casualize — If a business casualizes its employees or casualizes their labour, it replaces employees with permanent contracts and full rights with employees with temporary contracts and few rights.
- casuarina — any tree of the genus Casuarina, of Australia and the East Indies, having jointed leafless branchlets: family Casuarinaceae
- casuistic — of or having to do with casuistry or casuists